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-?? fsbfisM Uader Auspice j Natwkal War Work Council Y.ILC.A. ?f tU United Sutu ttn-oi in tOTRLLING 750,' TflflK PART IN I UUI\ I (111 I 111 / Participated in Bringing Germany to Her Knees. PART PLAYED BY FORCES OF AMERICA OUTLINED Full Story Not Heretofore Told . for Military Reasons. REPORTS BUT FRAGMENTARY Argonne Operations the Crux of the War; Reduction of St. Mihiel Salient Important. Paris, Nov. 17, (By the Associated Prow.)?Out of the confusion and doze of tlie crowding military events on the western battlclinc since Into in September, when bnttle followed buttle until from Plunders to Verdun there wns ccnselcss action. It l? now permissible*to outline to a certain e tent the part played by the American armies In the final decisive battle of thto wnr. which ended with the- armistice of last Monday. Military reasons heretofore have prevented accentuating the accomplishments of the Americans, except in a most general manner. The dispatches from the field have been necessarily fragmentary and possibly were overshadowed by the account* <*f the more dramatic operations over the historic battlefronts to the west. But it now-may be stated that 21 American . divisions. totalling more than 750.000 American combat troops. jMirtlelpatcd la the action beginning .September 26. known variously as the bfcttlc of the Argonne and the bnttle of the Mouse, but which history may call Sedan?the battle tlmt brought Germany to her knees and as far as human foresight goes ended the world's bloodiest and costliest war. Crux of the War. * In order to understand the military situation which made the Argonne operation the orux of the war. it Is necessary to go back to the reduction of the St. Mlhlcl salient in the middle of September. This brilliant American achievement Js still fresh in hismenacing enemy's defensive projection *oward Verdun and weakened the "lertiy's defensive by threatening Metz. one of Germany's two greatest advance railway centers for distributing troops and supplies along the Montmedy-Sedan line. Metz alco was the pivot on which 'he enemy .swung through Belgium 'nto Frnnce and therefore obviously it was the pivot on which his retirement must hinge. The Argonne. the next step below her.*, threatened the great railway arteries running westward from Metz. German Power Overcome. With the conclusion of the St Mihiel action, the steady inflow of American forces caused a displacement of power as between the allied and German armies. Thus it nr jonger was necessary to pursue a policy of reducing n salient or nibbling at It. The American troops had shown what they could do. A broader policy of general attack along the entire line was then adopted and the high command called upon General Pershing to take the Argonnc ? sector, admittedly one of the most if not entirely the most, difficult or the whole front. The broken terrain the topography and the lack of roads made a problem difficult to describe Germany had in four years fortified i It to the last degree of military skill with superb roads, both rail and motor. connecting up to the rear positions and bases. The outstanding feature of the At gonne forest is a long chain of hilb running north and south, covered with a dense growth of trees an 1 undergrowth, making an advance difficult and offering superb defensive qualities. Virtually no roads exist ir the forest except for a few transversa passes running east and west. The soil is such that the least rain cover? It Into a slippery, miry mess. In othei words the physical condition is suck that the lin? of attack for an advancing army Is limited to vallevs hflaf among; whlcrfia ih.a of the Aire frSetttSSt. '&?Tkrei^l*rdhthatCthnJ via no second 8t. Mlhlel. but an en ArprlBe 'at whtch other armies ha 'Vldjced-tlfor four years., They knet tHlt there tea* to be fdu*ht a flgh hh^wRh the first ^batUe ^of th et, the'eAlmi: . It forced back* here th athmy must five way to the west. I he held hajcmld hold elsewhere. It wne jSP?kbreak ot Sep tern bo S?*>?hen the Americans went In. Uslnl line divisions for the preliminary at ark and under vigorous artiller - import titey advanced Ave kilometer sken wholly hy surprise The seconc day he threw Into the line Ave coun trr-attack divisions he had held li -toae* ' >-ve I Thay were his bes :soe ,>v felled not only t< "tR! Printed Weekly for Hie Y ERICAN DIVISIONS, DMBATflNTS l_ IE BOTTLE I pus. Americans back, but they fallc\ check the gradual advance of t. merlcans over the difficult terra. The t phase of the action ended Octobt 1. during which the Americans' ft- ns -were not large but they compelled the enemy to use a largo pumber of divisions, which became slowly exha&sted- and thus were unable to parry the hammering he was receiving frbm the French and British on the \vestv ? Fighting in Woods Bitter. It was bitter fighting in the woods, brush and ravines, over a region perfectly registered and plotted by the enemy w her# his guns, big and little, could be used with the greatest efficiency. The. original nine American divisions in Some cases were kept in the line over three consecutive weeks. The American reserves then were thrown In until every division not engaged on another part Of the line had been put into action. It is a fact commented upon with pride by the American commanders and complimented by the allies that seven of these divsions that drove their way through this hard action never before had been in an active i sector, while green troops, fresh from j home, were poured in as replacements. The Associated Press dispatches from day to day told what these men I did; how the enemy was slowly pushed | back from his strongest and most vital positions, through one defense system ' I after another, using his finest selected j troops, which had been withdrawn in many instances from other portions of i the line, in an effort to hold an enemy which he derisively said last spring ; could pot be brought to Europe, and if so would not fight, and even if he j tried to fight wpuld not know how to do so. i} The attack delivered tne morning of November 1. which began the sec, j ond phase, of the Argonne battle, was I the death blow to the German army. [Between September 26 and October , j 31 enemy divisions to the number of ; 36 were identified as being opposed i to the Americans in this sector. Re tween November 1 and November 6 the enemy threw in 14 fresh divisions, : but all in vain. i Fighting every foot of the way the i j American advance averaged five kiloi meters dally over terrain constantly growing more difficult, with the lines I of communications and supply daily I lengthening and attenuating, while i j roadmakers for the transport and othi ' er supply organizations worked day 1 I and night at their tasks. Day by day the official communica lions ana mo ivi^pnune evou iu me i 1 cans that for every mile the Germans ! j pave way before them they were ' , yielding another mile to the British [and French on the left; that the American pressure was felt like an ' ! electric current throughout the line. Americans Broke Through. 1 | On the morning of November 2 the ^ I German official communication told the Americans they had won. because | j for the first time in the war the enemy ' i officially admitted that the American ' 1 attack had effected a break-through. The Americans knew that what finally j happened on the morning of Novemi her 11 when the armistice was sign; ! ei. was only a question of days. Last Monday morning the general [, commanding a certain division was called to the telephone in a far ad1 j vanoed position and asked if he had understood th.it fmstilitles were to , | have ceased at 11 o'clock in the morni ing. , 1 "Yes." replied the gener-al. *T -lid i I But at 10:5S we w *'-e gains like hell." [many officer's arrive j from camp gordon ' Camp Greene Receives 43 New i Second Lieutenants. Forty-three second lieutenants arrived Saturday from Camp Gordon i and have reported at headquarters. : Most or tn^se men nave neon assigned I J to the development battalions and are i I ns fo'lows: William Po i. son, 11. A Plr.ggc. Guy . 1 T. Reid. C. F. Fulton. August Mewes, , It. M. Dun woody. Werner W. Moore. I .1. flt. Wcidnov. C. A. Wilson. J. V. ? Hueit. U. I. P.rinklov. At lea Schlentz, , Then. P.. Irmrchot*. .1. P. Street. It L. : Klfer. Richard W. II. Klein, i , IT. T. ,|nne?. It W Younger, C\ P. i Pi?hoi?. WH'iian Smith. (*. M. Sutton. . ' 1'.. P. I3*?xter, R- W. Lewis, c. It. Lane. I'J, N. Hearn. C. A. Loyetott, C. . V. NichoU. G. H, MacDowell, C. R. Sharp. Clafonp* Cast^ XjA Wha^ley. > C; M, StuikSll; L. E. Zellncr, A. A. . McNeil. q. M. Uphonw. D. J. *?r? KUBotr. Uwrennp Ch*Tr#t?. W. W. Love. C D. Mnclt. H. B. Howard, C.-.T. I jwebl? } SPLENDID PROfillAMS THIS I WGUK AT "Y" BUILDINGS t'vPTW Wednesday NIglit. 1 102?Open. ^ _ 101?Concert, ladies from Chary,..* , 104?Religious?Rev. Dr. Or, mond, i JOB?-Movies. / B 108?Concert, ladles from Charlotte. X - . Host pltal?Movies. n 5 283?Religious. 284?Religious. Thursday Night. 102?Coricert, ladles of Charlotte. " * 108?Open night. 104?Movies. 106?Religious, pev, Dr. Ivor7 V son. 1 *&Mp> Movies. V ; Ho?1 pltal?Religious, Rev. Dr. Garth. ' 283?Open. J 284?Open. Friday Night. 2 102?Movies. i 103?Religious. Rev. Dr. Rossi ter. . ivi?Luuteri, unanoue muies. f 105?Movies. r Hos, pital?Open, t 283?Open. \ 284?Open. Saturday Night, l Open night at all "Y" buildings t witlv the exception of 103 and 10C > when movies Will be shown. s?-' LNCF. . M. C. A. by Courtesy of (?! NC POPULAR SONGS HEARD H IN AN ARMY'CAMP | ? ? Soldiers Request Trench and Camp to Publish Words This Week. . You can always hear the soldiers humming or trying: to sing some sons and that Is one reason that the government endorses a camp singer and 1 also why the "Yr" provides a camp j singer in every camp. A request has I | come to Trench and Camp for the j | words of the most popular songs, the soldiers stating that they know the | tunc but not the words. Any other i songs desired .published by soJdlers should let their wants be known. I i Here are some of the most populhr: / ;? ? < OVUR THERE! * Over there, ov^r there. c Send the word, send the word over * That the Yanks are coming. The Yanks are coming. The drums rum-tum-mlng everywhere; t So prepare. say a pray'r. f Send the word, send the word to : t bewar?; I t We'll be over, we're coming over, | > And we won't come back till It's over. t over there. j j "? * | I GOOD-IiYK BROADWAY, HELLO FRANCE! ; , I Good-bye Broadway. Hello France, 1 j we're-ten million strong, ? | } Good-bye sweethearts, wives and J mothers. It-won't take us long. , i Don't you worry while we're there, It's for you we're fighting, too, < So good-bye Broadway. Hello France, j j We're going tp square our debt to you. 1 K-K-K-KATY. ] ; Iv-K-K-Katy. beautiful Katy, j You're the only g-g-g-girl that I ' ^ j adore; j When the m4ti'm-moon shines, over j j the cow shed. j { i I'll f>e waiting at the k-k-k-kltchen j , door' ; GOOD MORNING. MR. ZIP-ZIP- ' ZIP! ! . I Good morning. Mister Zlp-Zlp-Zip, j j { With your hair cut Just as short as i mine. . . , Good morning. Mister Zip-Zlp-Zlp, I You're surely looking fine, I Ashes to asho8, and dust to dust. t If the^Camels don't get you. the Fatl- . mas must. ! Good morning, Mister Zip-Zlp-Zlp. | : With your hair cut just a3 short as. Your hair cut Just as short as. , ! Your hair cut Just as short as mine. | j WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? I Where do we go from here. boys. where do we go from here? j| | Slip a pill to Kaiser Bill and make j him shed a tear; And when we see the enemy we'll j shoot them In the rear, I Oh Joy, oh boy, where do we go from here? i'\t cai?i?v r nk r?i? vni* /t?! I'm sorry, dear, so sorry, dear, I'm sorry I made you cry; WorTr ymifpr^rt.-Mron'* you-forgive.? j Don't let us afcy good-bye^ One little,word, one little smile. | One little kiss, won't you try? | It breaks my heart to hear you sigh. ; I'm sorry I made vou cry' IT'S A I.ONCi WAV TO RKKLIN, | BTT WK'LL GbTT THKIIE! , | It's a Ion? way to Berlin, but we'll get j thei-e. Uncle Sam will show the way. -j Over the line, then across the Rhine. Shouting Hip! Hip! Hooray? 1 We'll sing Yankee Dood.e "Under the J ' Linden." With some real live Yankee pep! i Hep! | ' jit's a long way to Berlin, but we'll 1 get there. I And I'm on way. by heck! By heck! i MANY IN CAMP GREENE CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH | Interesting Data From lntelli-j: j gence Office, Shows 283 in-f j That Class, Speaking 22 Languages. Some interesting information has j been secured by the intelligence offiI cer. Lieutenant R. J. McCandlish, with 1 reference to the number of men in j , I Camp (Ireeno who cannot speak a ' j word of English. It is the plan of I the government, through this office. : , j to do all possible to educate these I zens just as soon as possible. Up to ; | date there are 283 men In the camp , I who do not understand English and , i cannot read nor write the language. ; In the list is included 53 Americans , who are in that class but these are ' from families who do not sneak Kng! lish though they are Amerce an clti! zens the same as the rest. I The list of foreign speaking Amer- j, leans is as follows: Bulgarian 1, Russian 26. Swede 1, Polish 28. Italian 184: Yiddish ?.) American 63. Greek 8. French 3, Aha- , I trian 23, T.urka 3, Bohemian 7, Hungarian 8, German 2. Danish 1, Finnish 1, Rumanian 1, Mexican 3, ! Chinese 1, Lithuanian 1, Scotch 1, Norwegian 1. ' , : ON THE ADJUTANTS Br/xFV. I'm on the adjutant's staff Writing all the day I can't begin to laugh Because I'm not on my way To the field where cannon roar . TVith laddies by your side Who are gaining ground by the score In No-Man's Land so wide. ' Yes, I wish f could pack my barrack bag ' And start for over there. Where the Tommies are making the enemy snag. Here, there and everywhere. The doctor says my sight is poor. They want men with good eyes. Who can fire away without a lure Which would choke the enemy's Such is the life of Omar Ren, Who joined the army to use a gunj And now is pushing a pen. I haven't -got the pep and stlm. I feel Just like a calf. I ain't rugged nor in trim, 'Cause I'm on the adjutant's staff. We call him chief who leads us here. We Jump for Joy* and do not fear, While the poor devi)s over there Receive their wounds from the air. In my dreams I've reached the land, But when awake I know Just where I stand. If my neok was only like that of a ! giraffe i You'd never find me on the ad- j Jutant's stafT. BY S. J. P. | * V Camp Headquarters. i an: hr (tfjatfloii* ?tert >VEMBER 20, 191 THANKSGIVING DAY PROCLAIMED BV Says the Alrierican People Have Year to Be Grateful and Rej o brought ffot Only Peace but Day as Weil, a Day in Which ' vro" Washlnxtda^ov. 17.?President W jmutcd ThtarstU^ November 28, as Thai American i>copte have special unci movj "'oniplctc? victora, Ho sulci, has bifoiighl immJse of a new; day well. In which ?us intrigue the nations." -tfSP i: ' THANKSGIV1 Bjr the President of the l*n A PROCLA: It bus long 'bkcoi nor ens torn to turn ind thnnksglvlivmo Almighty God for I is it nation. THflKycar we have special o rejolee. Go^fpa in His good p'.casi us u more cCHiifttn of arms, u mere r< vnr. It has coq&pnji a great triumph of is, not peace aim*, but the confident pr ustlce shall rcftanp. force and Jealous i ant armies liaro'Mart let pu ted in a trlui Jy any purposd jq? seHlsh aggression, mmortnl glory OMrlUivc nobly served t has Indeed beewKnrctous. We have cni strengthens in Wjfllt the best traditions dilnos about us, Jn'which <fur hearts tali ;icw hope to greater duties. While we i^fodcr thanks for these Itvlnc /ruidanceyin the performance of rorglvcncss for jm! errors of act or pur kvo shall strengthen the ties of friends tre must assist build the new struclui nations. 5/ Wherefore, \yoodrf>w Wilson, Pre lea. do hereby dfeijgnatc Thursday, the 1 is a day of thfltykBglvIng and prayer, n 'and to cease upon that day fVom the I several homes and places of worship tc nations. #1 7 rw In witness whereof, I lta roihercun )f the United States to be affixed. Done In the "district of Columbia tl year of our Ix?d one thousand, nine h Icpcndenco of t|M> 'United States of Ame By the President: ROBERT IjAXSfXG, Secretary of SOLDIERS PIT PEP ~ IN PEIIipPON Furnished Decorated Trucks, I Military Companies, Bands and Plenty of Noise. |' "To day 1b iifji|r Fourth of July of the World." TUkMUn Col. Macomb < In a speech at ^ * luii&heon given at 1 tho Selwy? hote^^Mfemday. No run*. . ber 11." In celebration of the ending ' of the greatest of world wars. And no J truer words were ever spoken for they J . bore proof to President Wilson's of- . ( ten repeated remarks that "the world must be made safo for democracy," 5 and "autocracy must go." After a day filled with great Joy ( demonstrations and wild enthusiasm from dense mobs of seething human- ' Ity that crowded the streets, the cli- , max was reached at night in the big j civilian and mlltary parade that formed at 7:30 at the old Southern station. ' A detachment from the provost guard " opened the line of march and escort- . rd an automobile bearing Col. Ma- ( comb. Mayor McNInch and ex-Chief Wm. S. Orr. who marshalled the forces into line. Next came a body of ( officers and Y. M. C. A. secretaries, followed by the presonnc! staff of j camp headquarters who led the enlisted men. Their snappy marching j was one of the outstanding features and was favorably commented upon. . A long line composed of other units from Camp Greene, that covered many city Mocks, followed. Three military bands placed at appropriate intervals made marching a pleasure and livened up the procession. Considering the fact that it was a strictly impromptu affair as nil arrangements | ' were practically done on the spur of the moment. Is noteworthy. Mottoes, epigrams and pithy savings. dene in colors on posters 35x36 were carried on the line of march by 1 soldiers, nurses, and college girls, and drew many a laugh (ro.n thn crowd. A squad of skilled artists and letterers . j supervised by Private I.eon A. Mayer, of camp headquarters company, were In charge of the work of arrangements. A few slogans that caused particular comment were "The kaiser 1 wanted more territory, we cave hint hell!" "Undefeated 177S-1812-1R83- ' 1 8fl.S-1918." a portrait of General Fooh and above the words "They Shall Not i1 Pass," and a carjoon of the kaiser and j the crown 'prince rushing into Hoi- | tai\d. chased by* wild eyed revolutionists with the ln^nrlptlan "In Dutch, in' Holland." The line oif m^rch led to East Morehead street, where a big bonfire wai Ip full blaft*. iThe huge crowd was gathered around it. A scaffold was then erected and two life sjsed figurea, stuffed life ragdoll*. of tl^e kaiser and Von diindenburg was burned Inefflgy. fo4he great delight and cheering of the crowds. < CORP. S^AtTLEY M. CANE. h Headquarters Company Infantry, 1 Camp Greene. "N. c! GASTONIA PREPARES -OR , CAMP MINSTEL SHOW Special ito The Observer. Gastonia. N<^. 18..?Members of the Red Cross society of Qasfonfa are aldipg In advertisings (he minstrel show whlon is.to be given at the high sohool auditorium Wednesday evening by the enlisted men from the United States armv base hospital. Camp 0f#en*. Half of the profits fropt the show are to go to the Red Cross society, of Oastonin and half to the mess* fund of the base hospital. * 7 t The hospital minstrels arc booking dates in several towps as the result J of the-marked success of tha Initial t performance of the soldier company I in Charlotte last Thursday night. It" was understood that the show will be given in Kannapoh" Saturday flight.; TROOPS SENTVO PREWtaat> > FOR OTHERS' RETURN One company of the battalion left Camp Greene for afl At-j lantlr port to assist in preparations for handling troops that will be re-1 turned, beginning probably without! long delay, from the front oggBgHH Negro troop* compose this unit. J _ ISlff :?r >' D Cfl \ct Edition forM , NOVEMBER 'JHE PRESIDES Special and Moving CausellH ice; Complete Victory Confident Promises of a NMWH Incline ^hall Ronhro PnpMiv<Vri '"w?vv wiimii Iivpiuvv i ilson, In a proclamation todajY-ffl||(g. nksgivlng Day and said this yfio^^H tig cause to be grateful and ; not only poucc, hut the col^H "Justice shall replace force uatLJjttfll ited States of Adierlca. IIATION. i in tlie autumn of the your In p|relte lis many blessings and mercies to M and moving cause to be grateful and ire given us pence. It has not qMH ?llcf fronuho strain and trutfS^dM right. Complete victory has brought omlso of a new day as well. In v/nH ntrlguc among the nations. OurflKj nph which Is not marred or stshlSl In a righteous cause they have Won heir nation in serving mankind. God use for such rejoicing as rcvivfHttpff i of our nntlonal history. A ncnMBrnK e new courage and look forward with things, let us not forget to seek the those duties, and divine mnrcjr 4jltt pose, and pray tlmt In all we do hip and mutiutfresprct upon fm| re of pence and good will aniod^H sident of the United States of twenty-eighth day of November next, nd Invite tbc people throughout the r ordinary occupations and In their > render thanks to Cod. the ruler of to sot my hand mul caused tlie MMt lis sixteenth day of November In the nndrcd and eighteen nhd of thft'jfth* rlca tlie one hundred ami fo-.*ty-thlfiL WOODROW WILSON.* ^ v$z State. SFFICEflS ONGEHERELEMI 'fiRMY OF BCGUPftTIBir Seneral Dickman Organized Third Division?General Craig Was 41st Division Chief of Staff. ?*? Announcement contained in A?SO-| stated Press dispatches yester day of | :he name of the cot?trr.ander of ^ the dgnal honors had heen conferrttKJH General Pershing up6n two high^'of*1 fleers formerly- stationed at ClilAp Greene. here. > V General Joseph T. Dickman. com(handing the Third army, came here ihout a year ago to assume command of the camp and organize the Third (regular) division. which he commanded when that unit went overseas soon after winter broke. Later General Dickman was made a cohpa commander, succeeding one of the several corps commanders who were returned several weeks ago to America. While commanding his division, General Dickman established himself among military leaders as an able commander. The Brigadier General Malin Cratfj, mentioned as the chief of staff of the army commanded by General Dickman. is the former chief of staff of the Forty-first (Sunset) division. which was the nrst large unit ipo-billzed tit Camp Greene. Then Lieutenant Colonel Crulff. he left -tftpP, France with Major General Hunter Liggitt three weeks after his arrival here. General Liggitt spent four hours ?at this camp and continued to Washington to receive orders to pro<v reed overseas. ^ NINTH COMPANY. roritTii Hl'.CIU IT CAMP Gn account of moving from one irea to another and everyone wo rking 12 hours a day for the last week, the editor has not much news to offer, but thought we could not let the week go by without making any comment. We all have been working so hard, lately that a midnight _ laundry has been started, and we can dry our rlothcH by the moon. It did the buck privates good to see several of the line sergeants d< >ing K. I' work for three days last week. "^4 don't like to mention their names in public. Among the transfers this week to the labor battalions were Thorntdtl Heir, Leonard and Murphy. 'Everone is glad to see Sergeant Boggs back pn the company street after being ill for eome time with the We *H WjMjder who Geo. R. WI1Sergeant Qflmore has returned after accompanying the remains of Clarence Koplrison to Weil Virginia. Bince the merilni of'the companies a tallow don't know whether he la alktng to an acting sergeant or a buok private. The .number seema about Everyone- ml ones Aloyalue. Boye! We muat hartd It to our mesa sergeant and corps ot cooks tor good eats and service. The beat evidence ot this Is t|l look and aak those who lett the company. Sergeant Archibald -Boyd is certainly a popular young man with the boys. Q. M. C. STARTS I.COITO'. Sorgeant Duncan Burroughs to second lieutenant Wednekday and will proceed to Hew Tork city, where he will report for doty, 8erfeant Harry Coplen of the subdepqfr.-Jnartormaster detachment recelved hde ordere. appointing him to of second lieutenant and prooeeds to Baltimore, Md? for duty. Sergeant David Borger, sub depot auartarmaater. was appointed second M. utenan* and Is attached to the 3*4 labor battalion for duty. Ho Is hopin* to be eent across lb the naar fumaster, was ordered to report for training to Camp Johnson. Jackbrnneh received" his commission as f?-Hmh&H ' ^ / HKti&* >;>' " ' ?1 ; ''% > 7 ^^^By,?,.^'' ^ ^~- .. y. Charlotte Men Returned From Officers of Fightblg in France. | The membera of the Camp Greene Officers' club held a smoker lost niKht at tho Southern Manufacturers' clut-. and during tho evttlng they heurd Charlotte men retteoed from overMas talk of the ftfltt&ttng in France. Col. A, C. Macomb, commanding Camp Greene, was unanimously elect- p d president of the- organization. Other offlcw choeejii^wer-e Various commlttse^Jirorc appointed Y and plans ^for 0*J^Ja"?"hatwer* ^mp^Greene^ rendered musical num- F MANY NEW AMERICAN . I. ClTIZENSyDE MONDAY d Cfass of 93 Rsusived Rousing Rscsption as They Were Nat- > uralized. ^ ? - A class of M. sold lore were made | e American clttsens Monday morning at i v "Y" 101 under very patriotic and 1 auspicious circumstance.. A rrcular " program of music sud speaklnc was , arranged and In chfgfesiof Lieutenant _ R- J McCandlish, tgkHkinp intelll- I. gence officer, antgf tti aroused the | J American spirit of the newly made ; ? ? ?' uisum JMIUH. I, The Fourth Recruit bund was pres- ! .. ent, furnishing the music and Intro- ? ducing the AmcrIcM?."rscruIts'' to the , national anthem and a very rousing speech was made by Judge HaVding. of the superior court, followed by one ,t of Colonel Macomb's Characteristic ? and snappy talks. .r t ' ? The ceremony was trery Impressive w as the men ewore their allegiance to their newly chosen -country and a | stirred every man present. b ROSTER OF OFFICIALS f< RECRTf CAMP 5 tl Commanding officer. Captain Harry ? V. Melssner. v ? Personnel adjutant, Captain Lem- J uel W. Boy kin. < Adjutant, Second Lieut. Win. K. J! ! Lesley/ * I Supply officer, Second Lieut. Je- J rpQaix?' II Asslet supply ofncer/Mrtl Lieut.- 1 Wm. Burr Hill. tl Assistant supply officer, Second ^ Lieut. Edwin Plasenig. Company No. 1?Captain Carl F. Swanland, commanding; Second h Lieut. Wm. Hugh Funk, Second Lieut, o Wm. E. Heimel. n Company No. 2?Second Lieut. v< John D. Mangtim, commanding; Sec- h ond Lieut. John R. Tucker, Second Lieut. Albert R. Taber, Second' Lieut, f' 'Barney B. Gussow. t< Company No, 3?Captain Charles a S. Watson, ^commanding; Second 8' Lieut. Guy H. Wells, Second Lieut. ] Mack C. Autrey, Second Lieut. Pres- \ * ton Parr. -Company No< 4?Captain Theodore ^ W. Mjetcalfe, commanding; Second)*} *-.n7ui. nirum w*.- Hummer, second j ' Lledit. Thomas ft; Corn well, Second j 1 Lieut. Coy C. Parks, Second Lieut. !] Box neau K. Steadman. Company No. % ?Second Lieut, j ^ Clarence F. Munshower, command- i' inarr Second Lieut. Samuel H. Palmer, i Second Lieut. William T. Wilklns. 1 . Second Lieut, "Daniel Id. Balrd. i . . Company No. 8?Second Lieut. | c Lewis D. Brown, commanding; Sec-i' ond Lieut. Joseph B. Furman. Second j c Lieut. Wm. Q. Williams. Second Lieut. ' Robert D. Rutledge I ^ Company No. 7?Captain Ernest A. I j Jenson, commanding; Second Lieut. ( Charlee R. Wells, Second Lieut. Frank j Q. .Oarlock. "* '> i r --Company No. -8?Second Lieut. Ar- | t Quinlan, commanding: Sec- i Ond Lieut. Patrick F. Kelly, ,Second v Lieut. Francis E. Harris, Second Lieut.' Albert L. Cromley. t Company No. 9?Second Lieut. | n Cuthbert W. Bunckley. commnnding-, , t LleuL Rimer Young. Second n Lieut. Frank R. Titman. Second Lieut. : Nathaniel B. Boyd I r Headquarters Company ? Second j y Lieut. Charles M. Sinclair, command- | ,, in sr. corral officer. y Casual Unit. 1 r J Commnnding1 officer. Captain Henry ! ^ Ox Thome. c Adjutant, Second Lieut. Ernes: S 1 t Wall. Personnel officer. Second Lieut |r Howard E. Cntrtp. I j ' / Company No; 10?Second Lieut ' ? 'Rene L. Herbert, commnnding. Sec T > ??nd* Lieut. George Ch'rlswoll. Second j Lieut. Charles 71. (loodenough. ' , Company \ No. 14?Second Lieut, < Robert G. Golden, commanding; Second Lieut. Olaf Mnrthlnson. 1 j Police officer. Second Lieut. John I D. Penland, fire marshal. In addition to other duties. Second i , Lieut. Guy H. Wells, summary court, j J j A photogrnph of these officers np-u pears elsewhere in -his , , MINSTREL SHOW oni'. or season's hits The minstrel show. Riven by the , base hospital, at the Auditorium | , Thursday night, w is one of the most successful military productions yet ; , staged in Charlotte. Nearly every number was encored and features of | the choVal assemblies, were called for 1 continued repetitions. Corporal Joe*La\vlor put across the i big hit in his comedy efforts, which : ' were ".of a class not tinctured with the amateurish. I' Private Gates sang with that ex- < prosslon which hfts made him one of j the best known of the soldier songs- 1 ' ters who have performed in Charlotte, j There were no weak numbers 1 among the end men specialties *?nd | < the organisation by Sid Meyers, dl- j 1 rector, and himself a vaudeville per- i former, of marked ability was the talk | s of the city on Friday Efforts may | be made .to have the minstrel show J reproduced.?Cadueeus. pip?r T. v jJ?, fltt w Wh immm?.tmmmmmffr ARMY NEWS k FOR ARMY MEN I - s AND a THEIR HOME FOU<8 < | . J I , / G No. ^ I GUNTO MOVE i NTO GERMANY! EAR LY^ SUNDRY are Will Be Taken and Nothing 1 Left to Chance. ' 1 ANKS RESTED AND EAGER irrangements Such That Battle Formation Could Be Assumed Almost Instantly. With the American Forces in rancc, Not. 1?.?The American army III be grin to move toward Gcrxnauy l 5:30 o'clock Sunday morning. The \ my will travel about 15 miles cadi the army Jant organiied has falsi the honor of heading- the first big alt of the allied occupational force, he advance will be made In columns ad not in the order of bottle so long: >llowed. Bat it Is not forgotten that chnlcally, at least, there la still a nte of war. Nothing: will be left to liance and every precaution will bo iken to guard against surprises, nor1th standing none Is expected Care will be taken to have the force ell elchoned. The advance guard will o followed by engineers who have [yen Instructed not only to repair Tads and reconstruct bridges but to is poet keenly every object and potion that might be a trap. Mines 111 be sought carefully.-The Germans ave sent word tlffit the way Is open rxl the mines removed except in cases hich they have designated. Water Iso will hp Inspected' carefully. POTporcd for Surprise. The arrangements in force are such tat the -entire formation could be Itered almost Instantly, to battle forlatlon. Divisions moving to the front ill have others in support and the anks will be carefully covered. In ddition a long line of observation , a 1 loons will be up behind the lines ' nd they too will be moving slowly jrward, observing tjie movements of ae retreating Germans. " The advancing Americans will be anked by the armies of France, and y Sunday evening it Is expected that ae advanced elements of the Amer;ans will cross the Belgian border. Tie flfth French army on the left ' nd the tenth French army on the Ight will advance abreast the. Americans, white far along the line to the ?ft and right the allied troops will (mthmc to march^ toward tho lino J- the honor conferred upon therti. he divisions of the new American rmy awaited engerly Saturday n^ght he order to advance. Many of th%m rere newly equipped with uniforms."" Wenthcr Much Colder. The weather since hostilities cease.! as turned much colder, ico forming n the brooks and thinly crusting the luddy roads, but the men looked forrard to the steady mnrch along th" Ighways with keen pleasure. The American advance will begin rom Mouzon to Thinucourt. the exfhding lines embracing Luxemburg nd Brley. up the valley of the Mopile. The occupation of the territory# rhlch Is being steadily evacuated bv he Ocrpians according to the terms of he armistice will not be carelessly listened. It will be some (lays before Serman soil Is reached, but in le*?'* ime the duchy of Luxemburg will be penetrated, perhaps even to its enptal. iECRETARY J. T. MANCJl'M Wllil. GO OVERSEAS M. C. A. secretaries Saturday mornntr in Camp Greene, Camp General lecretary J. T. Mansrum announced hat he had received word that asured him that he would be able to :et passports for overseas dutv by the Irst of the year. Secretary Mangum s state recruiting officer for North 'arolina ns well as camp general sec etary at Camp Greene and has done i magnificent wor-k for the Y. M. C. A. n both branches. He is an untiring vorker. a man of broad experience. >oth in this country and abroad, and i speaker of extraordinary ability and he addition of his efforts to the staff broad will be of great assistance to he work of the Y. M. C. A., as well ,s n los* in the home work. One of the best speeches of the year .n the war work campaign was made n?t Thursday night hv Sergeant Haroll following the minstrel show given >y the Rase hospital section. He ught to be on the fo>i* minute men 1st. Sergeant Harrold is also editor >f Caducous, the magazine Issued bv he Ra?e hosnitnl. Secrctarv Rice. wh? has heon busi?ess secretary for th'? Y. M. C. A., has >^en transferred io Y 105 as building lecretarv, the change having been nnde because of the return of C. O. 'adgett who had resigned expecting o he called into the service of Uncle Sam. riiiitTFKN no\F.Bs aruivf. FROM CAMP GORDON Camn Gordon's Infantry lost some if tnetr nesi men whon 13 of thorn rere transferred to Camp Creene la?-t I'riday. These bovs are nf Cnr-n llreene. and are npv'?nrt ' * company, Q. M. C They ere ill full of pep. and a few < ? ?' have n'rcadv shown It at V M. C \T,v 10". They are Mike Kf'-t"-" fh ?rlev T.vnch and Youne Mulligan. Rut their real showing was not the :\s thev were not In trim at that time, hut that did not stop t*ieni from w!~nlnc their bouts We hope that hv the next hotit night we can show the rest of the hov<. < fallow* 1111! Dean. Charlev William', rjeo. (P- 'tllnc) Hurley, Tommy A"inino. Kid I?\'ndeooff. Tim Power*-, "harlle i Chick) Sullivan. FranVey Hanson. \V. StoinwoUl and Young Dis:asl. Th"??' hovs don't carrv w -t wratche*. they keep time with .the'r fact. Therefor*- they're on their own Lime and only rearret that they couM not show their "pen" oyer there instead of at Camp flreene. Yours truly. *?ER</1\ S. J. III'RKB. \ / Q. M. C / 'I
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